Tonight, President Biden, two wars and one Primetime Address to the nation. We will see the president this evening from the Oval Office Making a direct appeal to the American People to essentially stand tough this as he says hes going to ask congress for tens of billions of tdollars to help support ukraine and israel. In gaza, new air strikes and explosions seen this morning. In Southern Gaza where civilians, as you know, have been told to flee for safety, this was the scene we saw over and over again this morning outside a hospital in khan youris. This was a few hours ago, a stream of people rushed in many for aid. Right now this is unclear what caused the explosion, the idf said they are looking into it. So to give you a sense of where some of these locations are. Khan youris is right there. The Raffa Crossing is right here. This is where President Biden said he has brokered a deal to allow some aid from egypt to cross. Were waiting to see if and when that will happen. This the line
He is not only focused on one thing. I dont know anybody thats done more to highlight and talk about the border disaster that is underway right now as we speak. I had the privilege of serving here when jeh johnson was secretary of homeland security. I have a very high opinion of jeh johnson. I think he is one of the finest Public Servants i ever met. He was asked on one occasion to define what was a crisis on the southern border. He said any time you have more than 1,000 illegal entries a day, you have a crisis. We have 10 or 11 times that every single day. In that tide of humanity thats coming across, there is a boatload of fentanyl coming to kill Tens Of Thousands of all of our constituents. There are Human Traffickers who are taking advantage of young men and young women and, frankly, predators in our own country, and they are bringing them across, not by the tens or 20s or dozens, but by the hundreds and the thousands. There are amongst that flow of people, people that wish us ill,
Mchenry. They would have to get democrats to go along with that. That gets us into the fantasy politics deal of republicans negotiating with democrats to come up with a speaker. I wish that would happen. Maybe well get to that point, we wont get to that point today but i think its unlikely. If youre jordan, brendan saids hes not one to negotiate, historically i think thats true. Maybe on the cusp p of the speaker ship that changes. He can cut one short term deal about the Budget Agreement get these institutional old guard republicans on board and i think well go back to the old firebreathing jim jordan after that deal is done. But that seems to me to be the path for him if theres a path at all. These guys might not be able to come up with 217 votes. And i think thats very realistic about where were at. Want to bring in former republican governor of ohio john kasich. If my math is right, you served 18 years in the house, you know how things work. I do. Tell us what youre watching for an
So, raf, what is the latest in Richard Engels conversation with the senior hamas member of leadership . Reporter well, katy, this official is telling our colleague Richard Engel that hamas is prepared to release not just the foreign hostages, you can hear a boom behind me, katy, it sounds like possibly an air interceptor. The senior hamas official telling Richard Engel hamas has prepared not only to release the foreign hostages but this official says also prepared to release women, children and other civilians. Now, richard pressed this hamas official, if thats the case, why dont you release them now . This official said, oh, well, thats impossible while this bombing goes on. Richard pressed him again saying, surely if there is a will, there is a way. If hamas is serious about showing the world that it is not a terrorist organization, that it is prepared to release these noncombatants, you could find a way to make it happen. This official not answering that question directly. The Israe